18 - 20 January 2014

LSE in print

Mystery of whistleblower who saved child benefit is solved after 37 years

The Guardian, 20/01/2014, p.10, David Brindle
lecture on rethinking party's welfare policies five months before his death from cancer in 2012, aged 65. He was one of the first students on the social policy course at LSE in 1966, under Richard Titmuss, and embarked upon an academic career before joining the urban deprivation unit at the Home Office in 1974. Leaving the civil service in 1978http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/19/child-benefit-malcolm-wicks-autobiography|

'Dark star' sucks more wealth away from the restFinancial Times, 20/01/2014, p.3, James Pickford
unlikely to smooth out the gulf between the capital and regions. London is expected to accommodate 9m people by 2020, up from 8.3m today. Tony Travers, a professor at the London School of Economics, said: "Projected population growth alone would almost certainly mean that London's national share of output will continue to rise." London has driven the recovery, leading onhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1412c032-80f4-11e3-95aa-00144feab7de.html#axzz2qvJ7BLpQ| (£)

Η τροχοπέδη της δημόσιας διοίκησηςKathimerini, 20/01/2014, Kevin Featherstone
LSE’s Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies, Professor of European Politics and Director of the Hellenic Observatory argued that, despite the criticism of the Troika in Greece for the austerity measures, it is only via the Troika (and the EU Taskforce) that the inertia of Greek public administration can be most effectively overcome.http://news.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_columns_2_19/01/2014_546304|

Drugs and loneliness fuel young bankersFinancial Times, 18/01/2014, p.3, Emma Jacobs; Maija Palmer
have had over the past two years has been tough to counteract ... but they're taking back more control of the message." But some are dissuaded. Varun Bhanot, a 23-year-old LSE graduate who worked at UBS in New York for a year, said: "I thought the lifestyle was unsustainable". Among his peers who stayed in finance, he perceives a greathttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2745bcc2-7fa5-11e3-94d2-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2qvJ7BLpQ| (£)

Revealed: the Labour team behind plan to split banksThe Times, 18/01/2014, p.45, Katherine Griffiths
to challenge the existing high street giants Â— was met with scepticism in the City. Sir Howard Davies, the first chairman of the FSA and a former director of the London School of Economics, said: "People are getting ahead of themselves in assuming that the CMA would find a distortion in the market. The landscape will be different by thehttp://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/banking/article3978960.ece| (£)

Two women join LSE boardFinancial Times, 18/01/2014, p.17, Lina Saigol
former chief executive of Interactive Investor International and is active in early stage investing. She has raised several rounds of venture capital and public equity totalling more than $200m. The London School of Economics graduate also established and sold two businesses in the financial services industry.http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/28005d10-7f60-11e3-b6a7-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2qvJ7BLpQ| (£)

LSE online

Are London's suburbs swinging?guardian.co.uk (Web), 19/01/2014, Dave Hill
Private renting, meanwhile almost doubled to account for 21% of Outer London housing compared with just over 11% in 2001. Poverty has become more prevalent amid the leafiness. A recent London School of Economics report shows that poverty rates have increased there throughout this century, accentuated by the recession, which hit Outer London harder than Inner London. The Trust forhttp://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/davehillblog/2014/jan/19/are-london-suburbs-swinging|

European Commission resists calls for carbon 'central bank'FT.com (Web), 19/01/2014, Unattributed
straightforward cancellation of surplus carbon emission allowances and strict 2030 targets can make the carbon market a driver for green investments," he said. However, Luca Taschini, a research fellow at the London School of Economics, said the reserve was something of a "quantum leap", given the complexities of reforming the system, and would show the EU was serious about the market'shttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/78c72aca-80ec-11e3-95aa-00144feab7de.html#axzz2qvJ7BLpQ| (£)

Former AG Peter Sutherland to give Garret FitzGerald memorial addressTheJournal.ie, 19/01/2014
served as a European Commissioner and is currently the chairman of the London School of Economics and the UN Special Representative for Migration and Development. Fitzgerald was a former Chancellor of NUI and the third-level institute established...http://www.thejournal.ie/peter-sutherland-fitzgerald-1267130-Jan2014/|

Real wages set to rise again as economic recovery picks up pace, says senior MPC memberMail Online UK (Web), 18/01/2014, Hugo Duncan
the interest rate-setting monetary policy committee, said the last 10 years had been 'pretty nasty' as high inflation and low wage growth eroded living standards. But in a speech at the London School of Economics he welcomed 'clear signs' that the squeeze 'is beginning to fade' as prices increase more slowly and pay deals improve. 'Encouragingly, there are signs that headwinds arehttp://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-2541432/Bank-England-says-cost-living-crisis-coming-end.html|

Secessionism conquering EuropeVoice of Russia, 19/01/2014, Dasha Chernyshova on the Politics and International Relations of South East Europe at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Roger Helmer, British member of the European Parliament representing...http://voiceofrussia.com/radio_broadcast/no_program/259383065/|

Incomes 'set to rise at last in 2014'guardian.co.uk (Web), 18/01/2014, Angela Monaghan
Inflation fell back to the Bank's 2% target for the first time in four years in December, according to official figures published on Tuesday. Broadbent told an audience at the London School of Economics on Friday there were "signs these headwinds are beginning to abate", after a 4% fall in real wages since mid-2009. "It seems to me highly unlikelyhttp://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jan/17/uk-incomes-rise-bank-england-inflation|

Cost of living crisis coming to an end as economic recovery picks up pace, says senior MPC memberMail Online UK (Web), 18/01/2014, Hugo Duncan the interest rate-setting monetary policy committee, said the last 10 years had been 'pretty nasty' as high inflation and low wage growth eroded living standards. But in a speech at the London School of Economics he welcomed 'clear signs' that the squeeze 'is beginning to fade' as prices increase more slowly and pay deals improve. 'Encouragingly, there are signs that headwinds arehttp://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-2541432/Bank-England-says-cost-living-crisis-coming-end.html|

Revealed: the Labour team behind plan to split banksThe Times Online, 18/01/2014, p.1, Unattributed
banks to challenge the existing high street giants - was met with scepticism in the City.Sir Howard Davies, the first chairman of the FSA and a former director of the London School of Economics, said: "People are getting ahead of themselves in assuming that the CMA would find a distortion in the market. The landscape will be different by thehttp://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/banking/article3978960.ece| (£)

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